After many hours volunteering to canvass and deliver leaflets during the election campaign, I can wholeheartedly consign bristle draught excluders on letterboxes to Room 101. I’d be grateful if Royal Mail staff who manage to deliver post unmangled, without constantly nipping their fingers, could share their secrets.
John Rushton
Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire
• The destruction of £1.4bn of PPE is the “worst example” of waste to do with the Covid pandemic, according to the shadow health secretary Wes Streeting (Report, 25 June). The £37bn blown on the test-and-trace system that never worked trumps that.
Pete Lavender
Nottingham
